EDUCATION
Ph.D.
Degree
Institution
Cornell University
History of Architecture and Urban Development
Major
History of Theoretical Discourse on Architecture
History of Modern and History of American Architecture
Concentration
Cultural Anthropology
Minor
1988
Date
B.Arch.
Degree
Institution
University of California, Berkeley
Architecture
Major
Structural Engineering
Minor
1978
Date
M.S.Arch.
Degree
Institution
Cornell University
Architecture
Major
Architectural Theory and Criticism
Concentration
Cultural Anthropology
Minor
Date
1980
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Portland State University, Department of Architecture
Institution
Position
Associate Professor
2001-2005
Design Studio
Third-year Design Studio I
Third-year Design Studio II
Third-year Design Studio III
Fourth-year Design Studio III
Lecture/Seminar
20th Century Architectural History and Theory I
20th Century Architectural History and Theory II
Architecture and Cultural History I
Architecture and Cultural History II
Contemporary Architecture Theory
Date
Cornell University, Department of Architecture
Institution
Position
Visiting Professor
Spring 19995
Design Studio
Third-year Design Studio
Thesis Advisor
Lecture/Seminar
Architecture, in Theory (Graduate Seminar)
Date
Parsons School of Design, New School for Social Research, Department of Architecture
Institution
Position
Director of Undergraduate Program
1994-1999
Design Studio
Third-Year M.Arch. Studio
Senior Design Studio
Second-Year M.Arch. Studio
M.Arch. Design Thesis
Portfolio Design (Graduate Course)
Lecture/Seminar
Theories of Architectural Form (Graduate Seminar)
Historiography and the Digital Media (Graduate Seminar)
History of American Architecture
Date
Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Architecture Program, Philadelphia, PA
Institution
Position
Director of Undergraduate Program
1987-1994
Design Studio
Fifth-Year Studio
Fourth and Third-Year Vertical Studio
Third-Year Studio
Second-Year Studio
Second-Year Studio Coordinator
Thesis Advisor
Lecture/Seminar
History of Western Architecture I - II
History of Theoretical Discourse on Architecture
History of American Architecture
History of Modern Architecture
Date
New Jersey Institute of Technology, School of Architecture
Institution
Position
Special Lecturer
Spring 1986-87
Lecture/Seminar
Survey of Architectural History I - II
History of American Architecture
Date
University of Colorado, Denver, College of Architecture and Planning
Institution
Position
Professor
2005 -
Design Studio
Graduate Design Studio III
Graduate Design Studio IV
Graduate Design Studio V
Graduate Design Studio VI
Fourth-Year Undergraduate Design Studio
Lecture/Seminar
History and Theory of Architecture I - Graduate & Undergraduate
History and Theory of Architecture II - Graduate & Undergraduate
History and Theory of Architecture III - Graduate
History of American Architecture - Graduate & Undergraduate
History of Modern Architecture - Graduate & Undergraduate
Architecture, in Theory (Ph.D. seminar)
Date
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Article indicates refereed journal publication, essay indicates referred publication in conference proceedings, and paper indicates referred paper presentation at conferences with no proceeding.
book
Architecture, Aesthetics, and the Predicaments of Theory, Routledge, New York, 224p.
2022
paper
2020
Constructing Borderlines: The Real and the Imaginary, Somewhere in Between: Borders and Borderlands International Conference, London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Oxford, England, virtual presentation, April 2020.
2020
article
The Optical Vacuum: Spectatorship and Modernized American Theater Architecture, Journal of American Studies, vol.54, no.4, pp. 823-824, Cambridge University Press.
essay
2019
Critical Historiography and the Design Studio Pedagogy, the Proceedings of The Practice of Teaching | Teaching of Practice conference, The ACSA-EAAE conference, Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium, ACSA Publications, 214-25
2018
paper
Rethinking Architecture Pedagogy, 21st Annual International Conference on Education, Athens, Greece.
essay
2018
On Critical Typology, Tangible – Intangible Heritage(s) – Design, Social And Cultural Critiques On The Past, The Present And The Future, AMPS (Architecture, Media, Politics, Society), University of East London, England, 183-92.
2018
paper
Architecture: Aesthetics and/as Ideology, XII International Theory And History Of Architecture Conference, Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
book
2017
The Architecture of the Illusive Distance, Routledge edition in paperback, Routledge, New York, 212p.
2017
essay
Re-Wrapped: The Library in the City of the Electronic Present, Soul of City: World Architecture Congress, The International Union of Architects (UIA), Seoul, Korea, 89-99.
2017
essay
The Glass Library: A Retro-Prospective, the Proceedings of the 105th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Detroit, 249-58
paper
2016
The Aesthetics of Transparency, Aesthetics and Mass Culture: 20th International Congress of Aesthetics, The International Association for Aesthetics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
essay
2016
The Glass Library, Proceedings of the Arquitectonics Network International Conference, the Catalan Association of Architects and the Architecture Department at Polytechnique University of Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, 109 -122.
The Architecture of the Illusive Distance, Ashgate Publishing, Burlington, Vermont, 212 p.
2015
book
article
2015
The Thesis, the pendulum, and the Battlefield, International Journal of Art and Design Education, Wiley-Blackwell Publications, vol.34, no.1, 121-131
essay
Distant Interiors, The Interior: a state of Becoming, Proceedings of IDEA 2012 Symposium, Interior Design/Interior Architecture Educators Association, Perth, Australia, 51-63.
2012
essay
2014
A Path To Elsewhere: The Transcenium Experience, in Globalizing Architecture: Flows and Disruptions, the Proceedings of the 102th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Miami Beach, 327-337.
article
Architecture of the Illusive Distance, Screen, Oxford University Press, vol.54, no.4, 439-62.
2013
essay
2013
The Illusive Aesthetics of Architecture, Aesthetics in Action, Proceedings of the International Congress of Aesthetics, the International Association for Aesthetics, Krakow, Poland, 38-49.
essay
2012
On the Figure of Nature in the Aesthetics Edifice of Architecture, Beauty: Exploring Critical Issues Conference Proceedings, Mansfield College, Oxford University, United Kingdom, 116-126.
2012
essay
On The Use Value of History, Digital Aptitude and other openings, the Proceedings of the 100th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Boston, 699-708.
2011
Imaginary Placements: The Other Space of Cinema, in The Aesthetics of Architecture: Philosophical Investigations into the Art of Building, Goldblatt, David and Roger Paden editors, Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, 81-91
book chapter
article
2011
Imaginary Placements, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, vol.69, no.1, 81-91.
essay
2011
Imagining the Space and Place of the Imaginary, Proceedings of the Space and Place: Exploring Critical Issues Conference, Mansfield College, Oxford University, United Kingdom, 1-10.
paper
2011
Dis/Locating the Body of Cinema, Mind, Body, Cinema, 13th Annual SFSU Film Conference, San Francisco State University, Cinema Department, San Francisco.
paper
2010
The Other Space of Cinema, The 8th international Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference, annual meeting of the Association for Cultural Studies, Lingnan University Department of Cultural Studies and Kwan Fong Cultural Research and Development Program, Hong Kong.
paper
2010
On The Figure Of Nature In The Aesthetics Edifice Of Architecture, Diversities in Aesthetics, XVIIIth International Congress of Aesthetics, University of Beijing, Beijing, China.
paper
2010
The Culture of Imaginary Places, The Cultural Role of Architecture Conference, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, England.
article
2009
Architecture Pedagogy, Cultural Identity, and Globalization, The International Journal of the Arts, Common Ground Publishers, vol.2, no.6, 45-54.
2009
essay
A Thesis Fable, Proceedings of the 97th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, University of Oregon, Portland, Oregon,656-62.
paper
2009
The Library: Books in Heterotopia, The 7th International Conference on the Book, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
essay
2008
Architecture Pedagogy in the Information Age, Proceedings ofthe Changes of Paradigms in Architectural Research, the European Association for Architectural Education and The Architectural Research Centers Consortium Conference (EAAE/ARC), The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, School of Architecture, Copenhagen, Denmark.210-25.
essay
2008
Architecture Pedagogy in the Age of Globalization, Proceedings of 96th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Houston, Texas.4-14.
article
2007
On the Artifice of Art, In.Form, the Journal of Architecture, Design, and Material Culture, University of Nebraska Press, vol.7, 10-27.
essay
2007
Pedagogy, Cultural Identity, and Globalization, Proceedings of the Regional Architecture and Identity in the Age of Globalization, the International Conference of the Center for the Study of Architecture in the Arab Region (CSAAR), Tunis, Tunisia, 775-90.
essay
2007
Aesthetics’ Paradox, Proceedings of the XVIIth International Congress of Aesthetics, International Association of Aesthetics, Middle-East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 436-43.
essay
2006
On the Border of the Beautiful, Proceedings of the 94th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 319-331.
1999
article
On the Exorcise of Theory,Architectural Theory Review, Taylor and Francis Publishers, vol. 4, no. 1, 8-19.
On the Border of the Beautiful, Architectural Theory Review, Routledge Press, vol. 10, no. 2, 12-33.
article
2005
essay
2005
Encountering the Digital in the Space of Ideation, Proceedings of 2005 International Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, 451-61.
article
2004
The Spatial Dialectics of Authenticity, SubStance - a review of theory and literary criticism, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 33, no. 2, 61-89.
essay
2004
On the Border of Architecture, Proceedings of the 2004 Northeast Regional Meeting Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 132-45.
essay
2003
Art in Heterotopia, Proceedings of the 2003 International Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Helsinki, Finland, 640-49.
essay
2002
On the Spatial Dialectics of Authenticity, Proceedings of the 2002 West regional Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, 201-14.
paper
1999
On the Exorcise of Theory, Sign Processes in Complex Systems, VIIth Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, Dresden, Germany.
article
1998
On the Art of Spacing, Semiotica, Journal of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, Du Gruyter Mouton Press, vol. 121, nos. 3-4, 283-301.
essay
1998
On the Exorcise of Theory, Proceedings of the 86th Annual Meeting of the National Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Cleveland, Ohio, 256-69.
paper
1998
Architecture in Theory, The History of Theory International Conference, Center for the Study of Theory and Criticism, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
article
1997
Housing Ideologies in the New England and Chesapeake Bay Colonies, c. 1650-1700.Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, University of California Press, vol. 56, no. 1, 6-15.
essay
1997
On the Role of Ecology and Ideology in the Domestic Architectural Divide of New England and Chesapeake Bay Colonies, Proceedings of the VIth Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, Guadalajara, Mexico, 513-26.
essay
1997
On the Exorcise of Theory, Proceedings of the VIth Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, Guadalajara, Mexico, 369-81.
essay
1996
On Spatial Computations, Proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting of the National Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Boston, Massachusetts, 462-66.
essay
1996
On Dwelling, The Colonial Experience, Proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting of the National Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Boston, Massachusetts, 234-39.
paper
1996
Architecture in Theory, 49th Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, St. Louis, Missouri.
article
1995
On The Logic Of Encampment: Writing and the Library, Issues in Architecture Art and Design, vol. 4, no. 2, 118-152.
article
1995
On Life, By Analogy: Architecture and the Critical Discourse on Extrinsic Constraints: A Historic Perspective. Poetics Today, Duke University Press, vol. 16, no. 2, 651-676.
paper
1995
Architecture: Good to Live In, and Good to Think With, 48th Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians, Seattle, Washington.
essay
1994
On Life, By Analogy, Proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 298-313.
essay
1994
On the Art of Spacing, Proceedings of the Fifth Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies, Sponsored by University of California, Berkeley,523-34.
essay
1994
On the Logic of Encampment, Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the National Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Montreal, Quebec, 334-44.
essay
1994
On Life, By Analogy, Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the National Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Montreal, Quebec, 303-313.
article
1993
Writing On, The Margins Of Architecture, Art History, the International Journal of the Association of Art Historians, Wiley-Blackwell Publications, vol. 16, no. 2, 336-348.
article
1993
On The Place Of Culture In The Theoretical Edifice Of Architecture, Architectus, the International Journal of Theory, Design, and Practice, vol. 5, 22-44.
article
1993
On Truth, in Theory, Representation and the Crisis of Signification in Theoretical Discourse on Architecture, The American Journal of Semiotics, the Semiotic Society of America, vol. 10, no.2, 155-176.
essay
1992
On the Place of Culture in the Theoretical edifice of Architecture, Proceedings of the Current Research in Architecture and Culture conference, School of Architecture, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and the National Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 219-28.
essay
1993
On the Logic of Encampment, Proceedings of the 1993 Northeast Regional Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, University of Maryland at College Park, Baltimore, Maryland, 95-109.
essay
1992
On Representation and the Crisis of Signification, Proceedings of the 80th Annual Meeting of the National Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Orlando, Florida, 104-08.
essay
1991
Writing on the Margins of Architecture, Proceedings of the Writing and the Architect conference. College of Architecture at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte, and the South East Region Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 68-79.
essay
1991
On Truth, In Theory, Proceedings of the Reflections On Representation conference. The Architectural Research Centers Consortium, Association Of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, and the School of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo, 193-205.
University of Colorado, Denver
Department of Architecture
2022-23
Chair, Department Faculty Affairs Committee: developed Department policy on Post-Tenure Review, conducted annual merit review for all full-time faculty.
2022-23
Chair, Comprehensive Review Committee for a Tenure-Track faculty
2022-23
Chair, Architecture Faculty Search Committee conducting two faculty searches for positions in Visualization and Technology.
2018-20
Chair, Department Faculty Affairs Committee: developed Department policy on Annual Merit Evaluation, Faculty Search Procedure, and new chair and faculty Position Descriptions.
2021-22
Chair, Architecture Faculty Search Committee conducting 2 faculty searches for positions in Technology and Design.
2020-21
Chair, Architecture Faculty Search Committee conducting 3 faculty searches for positions in History/Theory, Technology, and Design.
2020-21
Chair Curricular Affairs Committee: shepherding the new Undergraduate Curriculum through the College review process - review and recommendations for the Graduate Curriculum compliance with the new NAAB Accreditation requirements.
2005-09
Member, Department Curriculum Committee. Developed a comprehensive curriculum proposal for a new undergraduate degree program in Denver
2019-20
Chair, Post Tenure Review Committee
2018-19
Chair, Primary Unit Tenure Review Committee
2016-18
Member, Department Bylaws Committee: modifications to the department bylaws for university approval.
2018-19
Chair, Annual Faculty Merit Evaluation Committee
Chair, Department Faculty Affairs Committee.
2013-15
2012-15
Chair, Department Academic Affairs Committee.
2018-19
Chair, Search Committee for a visiting faculty position in History/Theory and Design
2016-18
Chair, Department Curricular Affairs Committee: developed a new curriculum for the Architecture Undergraduate Degree Program.
2016-17
Chair, Post Tenure Review Committee
2011-12
Member, Department Curricular Affairs Committee. Presented a proposal for undergraduate curriculum.
2010-11
Chair, Department Curricular Affairs Committee. Developed a new curriculum for the M.Arch degree program.
2008-09
Chair, Department Bylaws Committee. Developed Department Bylaws.
2009-10
Chair, Department Faculty Affairs Committee. Developed Department policy on Multiple Modes of Teaching Evaluation.
2006-07
Member, Primary Unit Evaluation Committee for Promotion and Tenure
2005-06
Chair, Department Faculty Search Committee for 4 new faculty positions
Member, Ph.D. Committee
2005-
Chair, Dissertation Committee of a Ph.D. student
2017-23
2018-19
Member, College Search Committee for the Director of Professional Development and Internship position
Chair, Dissertation Committee of two Ph.D. students
2009-16
Member, Dissertation Committee of a Ph.D. student
2008-12
Chair, College Budget Priorities Committee
2007-10
College of Architecture and Planning
Member, College Faculty Affairs Committee
2007-10
Member, College Academic Affairs Committee
2005-06
ACADEMIC SERVICE
University
Member, Faculty Senate Grievance Committee
2022-
Member, University Outcomes Assessment Committee
2022-
Member, University Faculty Assembly
2011-14
Professional Associations
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Representative on National Architectural Accrediting Board Visiting Teams for:
Carnegie Mellon University
Utah Valley University
Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru
Drexel University Undergraduate Architecture Program
University of Texas at Arlington Graduate Architecture Program
Woodbury University Graduate and Undergraduate Architecture Programs
University of Washington Graduate Architecture Program
NAAB
2022
2021
2019
2018
2016
2015
2013
External Reviewer, University of Maryland, Department of Architecture, Promotion and Tenure Review Committee.
2022
External Reviewer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Architecture, Promotion Review Committee.
2019
Co-Chair, 106 Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Denver, CO, March 15-18, 2018.
2016-18
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Faculty Councilor.
2011-23
Article Reviews, Screen Journal, Oxford University Press.
2014
Accreditation Review Team, United Arab Emirates Ministry of Education, Dubai, UAE.
2014
External Reviewer, University of Utah, School of Architecture, Tenure Review Committee.
2014
External Reviewer, The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Grant Application.
2013
External Reviewer, American University of Sharjah, Department of Architecture, Promotion Review Committee.
2012
Book Proposal Reviewer, Wiley-Blackwell Publishers.
2011
Article reviewer, Architectural Theory Review Journal.
2008
Paper Reviewer, the Regional Architecture and Identity in the Age of Globalization Conference, Tunis, Tunisia.
2007
Article Reviewer, The International Journal of the Arts
2007
External Reviewer, Louisiana State University, School of Architecture, Tenure Review Committee.
2008
Session Chair, the Regional Architecture and Identity in the Age of Globalization,” Tunis, Tunisia.
2007
Session Chair, Aesthetics, Art, Philosophy session, Aesthetics Bridging Cultures, XVIIth International Congress of Aesthetics, Middle-East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
2007
Portland State University
Department of Architecture
2002-05
Edit, layout-design, compilation and publication of the Proceedings of the 18th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student: The Predicament of Beginning held March 2002, at the Department of Architecture, PSU.
2003
Initiation, design, implementation, and management of ARCHIVE: a comprehensive digital visual database for the faculty and students of architecture.The database covered over 3200 major contemporary and historic buildings and includes over 17500 images.
2003-04
Design, construction and installation of the Architecture Department’s Exhibit at the Emerging Voices Exhibit sponsored by the Portland Mayor’s Office.
2003
Design and installation of an exhibit panel of studio projects in Shattuck Hall.
2002-03
Initiation, coordination, design and construction of the Department of Architecture’s first senior design installation: SubMission I
2002-04
Active contribution to the development of the graduate and undergraduate Architecture Curriculum, including guidelines for the curricular integration of digital media.
2002
Design, construction and installation of two exhibit panels: A day in the life of the architecture program at PSU.
2002-03
Member, Portland State University and University of Oregon graduate architecture program negotiation team.
College of Fine and Performing Arts
2003-04
Chair, College of Fine and Performing Arts Program Assessment Working Group.
2002-03
Member, College of Fine and Performing Arts Program Assessment Working Group.
University
2004-05
Member, University Assessment Resources Network.
2004-05
Member, Portland Center for Cultural Studies, contributions include the design and management of the Center’s web site.
2002-04
Member, University Diversity Liaison Network.
2001-03
Member, University Graduate Scholarship Committee.
Professional Associations
2003
Paper reviewer for the 2003 ACSA International Conference in Helsinki, Finland.
2002
Architecture Workshop for minority high school students.
Cornish College of the Arts
Design Department
1999-2001
Department Chair - responsible for all academic, administrative, and operational aspects of the Design Department, comprised of 36 faculty in four disciplines: Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, and Furniture Design.
1999-2001
Development and implementation of a new curriculum for the four departmental disciplines.
Procurement of funds, design, and oversight of the expansion and complete renovation of department facilities.
Development and implementation of a new technology initiative.
Faculty recruitment and development, including procurement of funds for 4 new full-time faculty positions.
Initiation and organization of three lecture series: DIGITAL DIVIDE, IN.SIGHT, and RE:ACTION.
Budgeting and fiscal administration.
Personnel Management.
Academic and administrative policy development.
Liaison with other academic and administrative departments of the college.
Liaison with the professional community.
College-wide academic and administrative services.
Coordination, design, and construction of the Design Department’s annual Senior Design Exhibits.
NASAD Accreditation.
Parsons School of Design
Department of Architecture
1994-98
Director of Undergraduate Program.
1995-97
Undergraduate Curriculum Reorganization.
1995-97
Reorganization of student advising and registration policies and procedures.
1995-97
Coordination and oversight of Digital Design curriculum and facilities.
1995-98
Coordination and implementation of internal and external recruitment events.
1995-97
Coordination of Lecture Series.
1994-98
M.Arch. Admissions Committee.
1994-98
Student Advising
1995-98
Coordination and implementation of internal and external recruitment events.
College of Fine and Performing Arts
1994-97
Member, College Council
1996-7
Member, Faculty Search Committee
1996-97
Member, College Curriculum Committee
1994-95
Member, Chair Search Committee
1994-95
Member, College Executive Committee
1994-98
Member, Library Committee
University
1994-95
President’s Faculty Advisory Council
Temple University
Architecture Program
1987-93
Coordination and Expansion of the Architecture Slide Collection from 3000 to 18000 slides
1987-93
Coordination and Expansion of the Architecture Branch Library
1993-94
Member, Lecture/Exhibit Committee
1990-94
Member, NAAB Report Committee
1991-92
Member, Curriculum Committee
1991-92
Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee
1989-90
Member, Faculty Search Committee
1988-89
Member, Graduate Program Development Committee
1987-88
Member, Curriculum Committee
College of Engineering, Computer Science and Architecture
1992-93
Chair, Collegial Assembly
1990-92
Chair, Sub-Committees of College Promotion & Tenure Committee
1991-92
Chair, College Professional & Technical Development Committee
1991-92
Secretary, Collegial Assembly
1990-93
Member, College Faculty Council
1988-92
Member, College Promotion & Tenure Committee
1990-93
Member, College Faculty Council
1990-93
Member, College Faculty Council
1987-91
Member, College Professional & Technical Development Committee
University
1990-92
Member, University Faculty Senate
GRANTS & AWARDS
2021
Grant Office of Research Services, University of Colorado, Denver.Grant for the completion of the book: Architecture, Aesthetics, and the Predicaments of Theory. $2,000
2019
Faculty Development Grant, Center for Faculty Development, University of Colorado, Denver.Seed Grant for the Architecture Pedagogy and Virtual Reality Imaging Project. $3,000.
2019
Excellence in Service Award, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado, Denver.
2017
Excellence in Research and Creative Activities Award, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado, Denver.
2008-09
Faculty Development Grant, Center for Faculty Development, University of Colorado, Denver.Seed Grant for developing virtual reality images of American Architecture. $2,000.
2007
Travel grant, Center for International Business Education and Research, Institute for International Business, University of Colorado at Denver. $2,000.
2004-05
Scholarship of Teaching Grant, Center for Academic Excellence, Portland State University - Grant for research on the role digital media in Architecture curriculum. $3,000.
2003-04
Scholarship of Teaching Grant, Center for Academic Excellence, Portland State University - Project Grant for the development of a digital visual database. $3,000.
2002-03
Scholarship of Teaching Grant, Center for Academic Excellence, Portland State University - Project Grant for the development of a digital visual database. $3,000.
1995-97
Technology Initiative Grant, New School for Social Research - Project Grant for integration of electronic media into the architectural history curriculum. $5,000.
Invited Lectures & Design Reviews
2014
American University of Sharjah, Studio Review
2010
The 109th John Stewardson Memorial Scholarship Design Competition, University of Pennsylvania, Invited Juror
2007
University of Arkansas, Studio Review
2006
University of Cincinnati, Thesis Review
2005
University of Texas, San Antonio, , Lecture
2005
University of New Mexico, Lecture
2004
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Lecture
2004
Boston Architectural Center, Lecture
2003
University of Oregon, Eugene, Studio Review
2001
Pennsylvania State University, Lecture
1999
Montana State University, Lecture
1998
University at Buffalo, Lecture
1998
Drury College, Springfield, MO, Lecture
1997
University of Florida, Gainesville, Lecture
1995
University of Houston, Lecture
1995
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Lecture
1995
California College of Arts and Crafts, Lecture
1994
Florida International University, Lecture
1994
Florida A&M University, Lecture
1993
University of Pennsylvania, First-Year Graduate Studio Review
1990
Columbia University, Second-Year Graduate Studio Review
1988
Clemson University, Lecture
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